I recently had the sort of weird experience of a recent blog post being
on the top of Hacker News and there being
a fair amount of interest in the details of my wacky living situation.

I could write a detailed post explaining everything, but that'd be boring ..
instead I'll tease the stalkers with more oblique references to it.
So here's my notes for a caretaker who will be here while I'm away at
DebConf.

Please make yourself at home!

The back bedroom bed is made

That weird thing on a stand next to it that looks like a juice container
with a wire coming out of it is a lamp. Plug it in to use it.

Check battery voltage (press the green button on the Xantrex controller)
and avoid using much power if it gets below 12.0 volts. (10.0 is absolute
minimum)

Orange inverter on stand in front bedroom has a switch to turn on,
regular power cord on front porch.

Plug in server computer in kitchen (under my portrait), wait 10 minutes,
and you can get online with wireless. (Wireless network is "hollow",
and is an ad-hoc network, with Cell id AA:AA:AA:AA:AA:AA. You may
have to enter this information manually.) Slow is normal.

Eat everything in fridge! (It won't keep; food lasts only half as long
in it as you're used to.)

Check once a day (especially on windy or stormy days) that the fridge
is lit, by touching the black pipe sticking
above it on the back. That's its chimney. It should be warm to the
touch. Temperature can be adjusted in rear also. If fridge is blown out,
follow instructions printed in back to re-light.

Human drinking water is in large jugs in kitchen + red water cooler.
Sorry it's so turbid right now, I'm using a neighbor's well.. but it's
safe. I have not tested the water from the large cistern yet this year.

Dishwashing water: Use water from any of these (non-potable) sources:

rain barrels

outdoor shower (on way to outhouse, not at parking area; that
other one is fed from a spring that has dried up)